Guide

How to load a recipe

Five steps on any GR III, GR IIIx, or GR IV. Two minutes, once — then every recipe on this site is a dial-turn away.

01
Pick a base mode
Set the camera to P, Av, or M — P is easiest while you learn: the camera handles exposure, you handle the look.
02
Choose the Image Control
Menu → Image Control, then pick the effect the recipe names (Negative Film, Positive Film, Monotone…). This is the base the numbers get dialed into.
03
Dial in the numbers
Adjust Saturation, Hue, Key, Contrast (plus Highlight/Shadow), Sharpness, Shading, Clarity — and Grain or Toning if the recipe uses them. Copy them straight off the recipe card.
04
Shift the white balance
Set the WB mode the recipe lists, then open WB Compensation and move the point on the Amber↔Blue / Green↔Magenta grid (that's the “A6” or “G2 A14” part).
05
Save it — this is the step everyone misses
Menu → Setup → Save User Settings → pick BOX1–3 and name it. Now turn the mode dial to U1/U2/U3 to recall it. If you skip this, the look lives only until you change modes.

“It saved, but it won't load” — the two classic gotchas

Image Control ≠ saved recipe. Adjusting the look only changes the current mode. Until you run Save User Settings into a BOX, nothing is stored.
User modes revert on purpose. Tweaks made while shooting in U1–U3 are temporary — switch away and back, and the camera restores the last saved state. Re-save the box to keep changes.

GR III ↔ GR IIIx: identical menus and processing — recipes transfer exactly. Only the lens differs.
GR IV: same settings, reorganized menus, and it renders slightly warmer than the III — nudge WB compensation toward blue/magenta for an exact match. Grain moved to a size + intensity pair, so map a III grain number to the closest combination.
GR IV Monochrome:B&W only — color recipes don't apply, and the effect list is its own (Standard / Solid / High Contrast).